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  • Hi Bob the Canadian here.

  • Today I'm going to tell you two jokes and one riddle.

  • Jokes and riddles are great ways to learn a language.

  • Jokes are basically small stories that have a funny ending or a punchline.

  • Riddles are sometimes questions or phrases where you have to guess the answer.

  • So let's look at two jokes and one riddle and stay around until the end because the

  • riddle in my opinion is a really good one.

  • So there was a guy named Joe and he was driving a truck and he had the truck full of penguins.

  • He was driving along and all of the sudden he fell asleep and his truck went off the

  • road and flipped onto its side.

  • And all of the penguins escaped.

  • No one was hurt, but the penguins were outside of the truck.

  • Joe didn't know what to do, and then he noticed another truck was pulling over off

  • of the highway.

  • And a man got out and said, “Hi!

  • My name is Frank.

  • It looks like you have a lot of penguins loose here.

  • My truck is empty, let's put the penguins in my truck and I'll take them wherever

  • you were originally taking them.”

  • Joe was very, very relieved.

  • So him and Frank, together, they rounded up all the penguins and they got them into Frank's

  • truck and Joe said, “I was originally taking the penguins to the zoo.

  • If you could take them to the zoo for me I would really appreciate that.”

  • And Frank said, “No problem.

  • I'll take them to the zooand he headed off.

  • Now a couple of days later Joe was driving along and saw Frank go by in his truck with

  • all the penguins in the back still.

  • So he chased him with his vehicle and he waved at him to pull over off of the highway and

  • he pulled over and Joe went up to Frank's truck and he said, “Frank!

  • What are you doing?

  • I told you to take the penguins to the zoo!”

  • And Frank said, “I did and we had so much fun so today I think I'm gonna take them

  • to the museum!”

  • Hahaha.

  • So I'm not sure if you got the punchline - the end of the joke.

  • I don't want to spend too much time explaining the joke, but the funny part is that Frank

  • was treating the penguins as if they were visiting relatives or as if they were children

  • who wanted to go to the zoo to see all the animals and then they wanted to go somewhere

  • else that was equally as fun or enjoyable.

  • So that's joke #1.

  • Let's look at joke #2.

  • So joke #2, I'm going to use the same two guys.

  • So Joe and Frank are really good friends now.

  • And one weekend Frank says, “Hey Joe, let's go and rent a boat at a boat rental shop,

  • and let's go do some fishing.”

  • And Joe says, “That sounds great, let's do that!”

  • So Frank and Joe drive out to a lake and they go to a boat rental shop and they pay their

  • money and they're told, “ You can have boat number 7.”

  • Frank and Joe get into boat number 7 and they head out into the lake and they basically

  • start fishing and they're catching all kinds of fish.

  • So Joe says to Frank, “Frank!

  • This is a really good spot.

  • Let's put an 'X' on the bottom of the boat so we remember where to come tomorrow.”

  • And Frank says, “Joe, that won't work.

  • What if we don't get the same boat?”

  • So, I'm not sure if you get that one.

  • It kind of has two punchlines.

  • The first punchline is if you put an 'X' on the bottom of a boat it doesn't help

  • you find the same spot on the lake.

  • And then we think that the other person actually knows that that's a bad idea but then they

  • make almost as bad of a mistake by saying, “What if we don't get the same boat?”

  • So that was joke #2.

  • Let's look at riddle #1.

  • So this riddle is:

  • What's black and white and read all over?

  • So What's black and white and read all over?

  • So think about that for a minute.

  • I'll count to five.

  • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

  • The answer is: A newspaper.

  • So this riddle is a little bit of a play on words.

  • You thought I said, “What's black and white and red all over.”

  • But what I actually said was, “What's black and white and read all over?”

  • And you'll notice a difference between the colour red and the verb which indicates reading.

  • So they answer is a newspaper.

  • A newspaper is black.

  • It's white, and it's read all over the world.

  • Well Bob the Canadian here.

  • I hope you enjoyed this short little video.

  • It's actually Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada.

  • So I had a big meal yesterday, and I'm heading out today to have another big meal.

  • Thanksgiving in Canada is in October.

  • In the United States it's in November.

  • And it's a holiday where we give thanks.

  • So one of the things that I am thankful for today is all of you.

  • I am so thankful that you watch my videos.

  • I'm so thankful that you leave comments below.

  • I'm so thankful that you, you give me thumbs up and you subscribe.

  • And I'm just thankful that you watch.

  • I'm thankful that you're spending some time learning a new language.

  • I think anyone that focuses on learning a new language is helping the world.

  • So I'm thankful that all of you are helping the world.

  • Have a good weekend, good week yourself.

  • I'll see you this Friday 8:15 AM for a live stream on phrasal verbs.

  • Have a great day.

Hi Bob the Canadian here.

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